Module manager: Dr Judith Wang
Email: j.y.t.wang@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
The standard qualifications (or equivalent) set by the School of Civil Engineering for entry to any of its JBM accredited UG programmes.
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This module aims to cover fundamental concepts of transport planning and expose the students to formulate a transport strategy to meet the transport policy objectives. It also provides an introduction to the fundamentals of transport models and traffic engineering.
- Provide students with knowledge of the transport planning process, objectives of transport policy, and policy instruments to help achieve policy objectives
- Provide students with exposure to recent transport case studies in the literature
- Provide students with fundamentals in traffic flow theory and strategic transport planning models.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes (contributing to the AHEP4 learning outcomes between brackets):
1. Knowledge and understanding of the objectives of transport policy, the fundamentals in traffic flow theory and strategic transport planning models, and the range of potential solutions to transport problems and their limitations (C1/M1 and C2/M2)
2. Critical awareness of the ways in which road system performance gives rise to congestion, environmental intrusion and accidents (C1/M1)
3. Apply a knowledge of mathematics / engineering principles to describe and evaluate the different transport models and the ways in which data can be obtained to measure and predict transport problems (C2/M2 and C3/M3)
4. Apply mathematical and statistical methods and tools in transport planning to analyse the effectiveness of different policy instruments (C2/M2 and C3/M3).
5. Select and evaluate technical literature and other sources of information to address transport planning and modelling problems (C4/M4).
6. Apply transport models to solve transport planning problems that evidence originality and meet a combination of societal, user, and business needs (C5/M5).
7. Apply an integrated systems approach to the solution of transport planning problems (C6/M6).
8. Evaluate the environmental/societal impact of transport planning decisions and minimise adverse impacts (C7/M7)
9. Use practical workshop skills to investigate transport planning problems (C12/M12).
10. Communicate effectively on complex transport planning and modelling matters with technical and non-technical audiences (C17/M17).
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
a. Time management
b. Core literacy
c. Problem solving
- Policy objectives and problems
- Possible solutions
- Recent case studies published in the literature
- Transport strategy formulation
- The role of the traffic engineer/transport planner
- Measuring current conditions
- Transport modelling
- Traffic engineering
Methods of assessment
The assessment details for this module will be provided at the start of the academic year
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 18 | 1 | 18 |
| Practical | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Seminar | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Private study hours | 70 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 30 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100 | ||
Students' learning progress will be monitored by in-class responses and the coursework process. Students will be fully supported during the process of completing their coursework via a variety of channels including physical discussions (e.g. Question & Answer sessions, tutorials, etc.) as well as virtual environment (e.g. VLE forums, etc). Feedback on coursework performance will be provided on Turnitin and verbally during revision class assisting the students to understand weakness in the submitted work and suggesting ways that work can be improved.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 30/04/2025
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